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    Trump Voters Unfazed By POTUS Potentially Shooting Someone: ‘Why Did He Shoot Him?’
    Nov06

    Trump Voters Unfazed By POTUS Potentially Shooting Someone: ‘Why Did He Shoot Him?’

    “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” then-candidate Donald Trump declared on the 2016 campaign trail eons ago. As it turns out, he’s not entirely wrong. CNN held a roundtable of what the network described as “swing voters” from Pennsylvania, during which CNN host Alisyn Camerota...

    Lawyer For Ex-NSC Aide: Sondland ‘Fabricated Communications’ During House Testimony
    Nov06

    Lawyer For Ex-NSC Aide: Sondland ‘Fabricated Communications’ During House Testimony

    Gordon Sondland — the ambassador who has already had to amend his impeachment testimony once — was accused of fabricating a separate episode in his testimony Wednesday by another witness in the Ukraine inquiry. A lawyer for former National Security Council aide Fiona Hill said on Twitter that Sondland had “fabricated” the details of an encounter...

    Democrats will control Virginia government for the first time in more than two decades
    Nov06

    Democrats will control Virginia government for the first time in more than two decades

    Democrats will win majorities in Virginia’s House and Senate on Tuesday, CNN projects, giving the party full control of the state’s government for the first time in more than two decades. The victories put Gov. Ralph Northam and Democrats in the Legislature in position to pursue a progressive agenda — including gun control measures,...

    WH Hangs Onto ‘No Quid Pro Quo’ Defense Even After Sondland Confirmed It
    Nov06

    WH Hangs Onto ‘No Quid Pro Quo’ Defense Even After Sondland Confirmed It

    The White House is holding tight to its “no quid pro quo” defense, even after EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland confirmed it in a revision to his previous testimony in the House impeachment probe. During a segment on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday morning, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway argued that “no quid pro quo is proven” in...

    What It’s Like to Deal With U.S. Foreign Policy in the Trump Era
    Nov06

    What It’s Like to Deal With U.S. Foreign Policy in the Trump Era

    The main revelation in the latest release of transcripts from the House impeachment inquiry is that Ambassador Gordon Sondland explicitly told a Ukrainian official that the U.S. would withhold military aid until his government pledged to pursue corruption investigations that Donald Trump had a political stake in—buttressing the case that the...

    Republicans Are Going To Toss Gordon Sondland Under The Bus
    Nov06

    Republicans Are Going To Toss Gordon Sondland Under The Bus

    After the House released the transcript of U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland’s testimony, in which he confirmed there was, in fact, quid pro quo associated with the Trump-Giuliani pressure campaign in Ukraine, Republicans aren’t happy. According to Politico Playbook’s interviews with a handful of Republicans...

    Fox News host accuses fellow host Marie Harf of Ukraine cover-up on air, to her face
    Nov06

    Fox News host accuses fellow host Marie Harf of Ukraine cover-up on air, to her face

    It’s not often that you see two co-hosts on the same news show getting into it, one accusing the other of covering up corruption, but that is exactly what happened Monday on Fox News channel’s “Outnumbered.”Steve Hilton, host of Fox News’ “The Next Revolution” and a regular guest on...

    State Dept Official Will Tell Congress Politics Were Behind Decision To Stall Military Aid
    Nov06

    State Dept Official Will Tell Congress Politics Were Behind Decision To Stall Military Aid

    A top State Department official will testify on Wednesday that political considerations were behind the department’s decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine, the Associated Press reported. David Hale will reportedly tell congressional investigators Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other top officials were concerned...

    State Department’s No. 3 official to testify in impeachment inquiry Wednesday
    Nov06

    State Department’s No. 3 official to testify in impeachment inquiry Wednesday

    WASHINGTON D.C. — The State Department’s third-ranking official is expected to tell Congress that political considerations were behind the agency’s refusal to deliver a robust defense of the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. People familiar with the matter say the highest-ranking career diplomat in the foreign service, David Hale,...

    Top official to blame political considerations for lack of Ukraine ambassador’s defense: report
    Nov06

    Top official to blame political considerations for lack of Ukraine ambassador’s defense: report

    A top State Department official is expected to testify that political considerations were to blame for the department’s lack of a defense for former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, The Associated Press … …read more Source:: The...